#EC8656#EC8656

#EC8656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8656
RGB	rgb(236, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 34.89, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 54.94, 50.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0989 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.14 45)
XYZ	xyz(44.8005, 35.5597, 13.3067)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8656 #56BCEC

analogous

#EC5671 #EC8656 #ECD156

triadic

#EC8656 #56EC86 #8656EC

tetradic

#EC8656 #71EC56 #56BCEC #D156EC

square

#EC8656 #71EC56 #56BCEC #D156EC

split-complementary

#EC8656 #56ECD1 #5671EC

monochromatic

#B34714 #E65F1F #EC8656 #F2AD8D #F8D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EC8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#EC8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8656

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8656	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8aa87',
    500: '#ec8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8656;
$custom-light: #f8aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72151,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.35555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8656

secondary

#B4D9EA

accent

#99DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8656

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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